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I love magazines. I loathe subscription cards. It’s just that simple. Every magazine is crammed with these things trying to tempt me into buying a subscription to their magazine. I can appreciate the concept as a business model, but it doesn’t make me any less annoyed.

Today, as I flip through WIRED, I do very much like the idea that their cards are nicely slipped in. This means I don’t have to tear them out leaving that annoying stub in the binding that makes it impossible to hold a page while reading. The counterpoint to this lovely feature is that they go flying out all over the place. In a busy airport this means that as I sprint from one gate to another to catch my inevitably late connection that I have two choices.  Choice A is to be a  jerk and leave a trail of garbage throughout the terminal.  Choice B is to be a friendly little twit and run around like a spaztic 4 year old calmoring for my trash.  I’ll take A in a feeble attempt to actually make my connection.